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Second, politicians, drawing false comfort from frothy asset markets, were less inclined to opt for fiscal stimulus – effectively closing off the only realistic escape route from a liquidity trap.
If the late-stage expansion continues, as it did during the NAFTA renegotiation, Trump may be inclined to accept cosmetic concessions, which he can characterize as the “largest, most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history.”
True, the British are still more inclined toward free markets than the French, but the gap between them has become much narrower.
But excessive pressure may only bring down the government of President Asif Ali Zardari, who is personally inclined towards rapprochement with India but who knows that every one of his civilian predecessors has been overthrown.
Bellicose statements from the bowels of distant think tanks also have the unintended consequence of gaining support for North Korea among those who might be inclined, for whatever reason, to blame others for its behavior.
Given the disagreement surrounding the OMT program and eager to avoid future court rulings, the German Parliament could be inclined to support only those rescue programs that rule out OMT support, such as the European Stability Mechanism’s “precautionary conditioned credit line,” instead of the more flexible “enhanced conditions credit line.”
It asks simple but powerful questions about how far individuals are inclined to trust those with whom they deal.
The more publicly the West threatens Iran, the more easily Iranian leaders can portray America as the Great Satan to parts of the Iranian population that have recently been inclined to see the US as their friend.
There were also clear indications that the military was not inclined to venture into politics once again, as it has done many times in the past.
Still, many are inclined to compare India unfavorably with China, so a few macroeconomic numbers are worth considering.
But the realization that others hold more extreme views may have led people to see themselves as more positively inclined toward immigration.
Reading Fisher, one is more inclined to leave boys alone to challenge one another and test their environment, and to accept that, as she puts it, nature designed men and women to collaborate for survival.
Even if a prosecutor were inclined to do so, the ICC’s jurisdiction is complementary to national jurisdictions: it can investigate only if a national government is unable or unwilling to do so.
The economic crisis has left many people far less prosperous, and perhaps less inclined to be ambitious in our efforts to address Europe’s security challenges.
Managers, after all, are imperialists by nature, inclined to undertake massive investment projects, mergers, and acquisitions.
A US invasion of Iraq, with large numbers of civilian casualties, would deepen the sense of victimization and defeat felt by Arab youths and make them inclined to join Al Qaeda-style holy war cells.
For, although a majority of French today may be inclined to sympathize with Sarkozy’s immigrant-bashing rhetoric, there is no guarantee that they will re-elect him in 2012.
Neither is backed by urban political machines or shady armed organizations in rural areas, but by independent groups, non-ideologically inclined citizens, and new voters keen to cast their ballots for unconventional candidates.
UNESCO – not alone among UN entities – seems more inclined to bend over backwards to avoid taking any action that might offend “African sensibilities” on its board.
Rather than try to micromanage banking, it would be far better to ensure that shareholders have more “skin in the game,” so that big banks are more inclined to avoid excessive risk.
Those favorably inclined toward the revolutionary perspective gathered on the left; on the right assembled those who viewed revolution as a permanent threat and worked to counter it.
We may not be inclined to trust politicians, but we do need to take the output of these well-honed algorithms seriously.
If 2017 really does mark a broad reversal of a decade of deflation, it is reasonable to expect that most major central banks will be not be inclined to overreact if, after a decade or so (longer for Japan) of mostly downside disappointments, inflation overshoots its target.
I am inclined to doubt that it is.
So, one would be inclined to think that since managers’ pay is based on performance incentives, they would be incurring losses.
Those who feel directly threatened by the anti-graft campaign might be inclined to take their money out of China.
In federal systems, in particular, those businesses and political authorities far removed from the center are most likely to be excluded from the monetary stimulus and hence are inclined to be resentful.
Any politician who might have been inclined to do so knew that they would be instantly tarred as a votary of evil alcohol, an agent of the “liquor mafia,” a bar-loving enemy of good, wholesome Gandhian values.
It is difficult to believe that they were the only ones so inclined.
The hope has been that more buoyant market valuations would boost consumption (via the “wealth effect,” whereby asset-owning households feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend) and investment (via “animal spirits,” which bolster entrepreneurs’ willingness to invest in new plant, equipment, and hiring).
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